Radio Days Edited by Romana Breuer, Petra Hesse. Text by Andreas Baumerich, Isabel Brass, et al. Radio initially developed into a mass medium in the early 20th century, and soon afterwards, designing radio devices became an essential task for prominent international designers. Radio Days traces the path of the radio up >>more KerberISBN 9783735601759US $45.00 CAN $57.50 TRADEHbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 192 pgs / 215 color / 6 b&w.Pub Date: 09/27/2016 | In stock

A Trip Through Italian Design Text by Franca Santi Gualteri. In the 1950s, when contemporary industrial design was just beginning to take off in Italy, Franca Santi Gualtieri was invited to join the editorial team of the fledgling Stile Industria, an offshoot of the influential >>more Edizioni CorrainiISBN 9788887942316US $36.00 CAN $45.00 TRADEPaperback, 7.75 x 7.75 in. / 136 pgs / 250 color / 30 b&w.Pub Date: 03/01/2007 | In stock

American Design Text by Russell Flinchum, Paola Antonelli. American design, like much of American culture, perennially oscillates between populism and elitism, between the revolutionary beauty and availability of Tupperware and the elusive exclusivity of Tiffany's. This book traces the development of American design >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870707407US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEFlexibound, 8.5 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 121 color / 15 b&w.Pub Date: 10/01/2008 | In stock

Andrea Branzi Artwork by Andrea Branzi. From “archizoom” in the 1970s, to Memphis and Alchimia in the 1980s, the work developed by Andrea Branzi is that of a true theoretician of design. His versatility is explicit in his production, publishing and >>more Dis VoirISBN 9782906571617US $27.50 CAN $32.50 TRADEPaperback, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 16 color.Pub Date: 08/02/1997 | In stock

British Design Text by Hugh Aldersey-Williams. Introduction by Paola Antonelli. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain was inevitably the epicenter of the development of modern industrial design. This book—the fourth volume in the MoMA Design Series, featuring works in the Museum's extraordinary design >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870707810US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEFlexi, 8.25 x 8.5 in. / 144 pgs / 105 color / 10 b&w.Pub Date: 05/31/2010 | In stock

Century of the Child Edited by Juliet Kinchin. Text by Tanya Harrod, Medea Hoch, Juliet Kinchin, Francis Luca, Maria Paola Maino, Amy Ogata, Aidan O'Connor, David Senior, Sarah Suzuki. In 1900, Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key published The Century of the Child, presaging the coming century as a period of intensified focus and progressive thinking around the rights, development and well-being >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870708268US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADEHbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 264 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 08/31/2012 | In stock

Chairs: Catalogue of the Delft Faculty of Architecture Collection Contributions by Otakar Marcel, Sander Woertman, Charlotte van Wijk. The Faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft can pride itself on one of the foremost furniture collections in the Netherlands. Set up as an educational tool, the collection has offered knowledge about materials, construction >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789064506192US $39.95 CAN $50.00 TRADEPbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 460 color.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | In stock

Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen Text by Juliet Kinchin, Aidan O'Connor. Over the course of the past century, the kitchen, more than any other room in the modern dwelling, has been the focus of intensive aesthetic and technological innovation. Historically, European and American kitchens were often >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870708084US $24.95 CAN $27.50 TRADEHbk, 8 x 10 in. / 88 pgs / 75 color.Pub Date: 04/30/2011 | In stock

Design and Violence Edited by Paola Antonelli, Jamer Hunt, Michelle Fisher. Text by Anne-Marie Slaughter, William Gibson, Ingrid Newkirk, et al. Design has a history of violence. It can be an act of creative destruction and a double-edged sword, and yet professional discourse around design has been dominated by voices that only trumpet its commercial and >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870709685US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADEHbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 232 pgs / 200 color.Pub Date: 06/23/2015 | In stock

Design with the Other 90%: Cities Text by Cynthia E. Smith. Half the world's population now resides in cities, which are expanding at an unprecedented rate. Close to one billion people live in crowded, unhealthy, informal settlements--commonly referred to as slums--many of which lack security of >>more Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumISBN 9780910503839US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 234 pgs / 250 color.Pub Date: 11/30/2011 | In stock

EOOS: Social Furniture Edited with introduction and text by EOOS. Foreword by Ekle Delugan-Meissl. This handbook/instruction manual for building "social furniture," by Austrian design firm EOOS, is intended for those who create collective spaces of action with functional and well-designed furniture but have little money or specialist knowledge in >>more Koenig BooksISBN 9783863359782US $19.95 CAN $25.95 FLAT40Pbk, 8 x 11 in. / 74 pgs / 69 color.Pub Date: 09/27/2016 | In stock

Eero Saarinen: Objects and Furniture Design Introduction by Antonio Román. Despite the brevity of his career, Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was one of the most celebrated architects of his time. Born in Finland, he immigrated to the United States in 1923, where his father was director >>more Ediciones PoligrafaISBN 9788434312647US $30.00 CAN $35.00 TRADEHbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 178 color.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | In stock

Eileen Gray: Objects and Furniture Design Introduction by Carmen Espegel. Neglected in her lifetime, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century. She first worked as a lacquer artist, then as a >>more Ediciones PoligrafaISBN 9788434312654US $30.00 CAN $35.00 TRADEHbk, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 166 color.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | In stock

Emmy + Gijs + Aldo Text by Jan Boelen. Gijs Bakker and Emmy van Leersum caused a stir in the 1960s with their enormous collars and head ornaments made of aluminum. This book examines the work of Gijs Bakker, one of the founders of >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789064507441US $29.95 CAN $35.00 FLAT40Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 100 color.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | In stock

Finn Juhl and His House Text by Per H. Hansen, Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen. The Danish design scholar Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen discovered the work of Finn Juhl (1912-1989) when she was looking for a suitable sofa for her 1950s home. Juhl's furniture is undergoing a renaissance at present, and >>more Hatje CantzISBN 9783775737975US $55.00 CAN $65.00 TRADEHbk, 9.25 x 9.25 in. / 222 pgs / 183 color.Pub Date: 09/30/2014 | In stock

Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo Text by Kazuko Todate, Anne Nishimura Morse. The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and technical accomplishment. Featuring some 100 works by close to 60 >>more MFA PublicationsISBN 9780878468058US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 10.5 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color.Pub Date: 11/30/2013 | In stock

François Bauchet François Bauchet's furniture objects stand in a frontier between functionality and the work of art, and raise questions about the importance of the presence and material reality of things in a world dedicated to the >>more Dis VoirISBN 9782906571952US $28.50 CAN $32.50 TRADEPaperback, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs.Pub Date: 11/02/2000 | In stock

Friso Kramer's Chair Text by Yvonne Brentjens. Dutch designer Friso Kramer (born 1922) is an important pioneer of industrial design. The celebrated Revolt Chair, which he designed for manufacturer Ahrend/De Cirkel in 1953, is a classic in the history of industrial design >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789462080218US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 168 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | In stock

From Neuwelt to the Whole World: 300 Years of Harrach Glass Text by Helena Bro?ková, Jarmila Bro?ová, Florian Knothe, Jan Lu?tinec, Jan Mergl, Lenka Merglová Pánková, Jan Schöttner. The development of glassmaking in what is now the Czech Republic is rightly regarded as a tradition of extraordinary importance, one that extends beyond crafts history and impacts on such fields as technology and social >>more Arbor VitaeISBN 9788074670053US $95.00 CAN $115.00 TRADEHbk, 10 x 11.75 in. / 440 pgs / 1004 color.Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | In stock

Future Retro Essay by Frederic A. Sharf. Afterword by Richard Arbib. Now in a hardcover edition, this book of enchanting vintage drawings showcases the beauty and ingenuity of American automobile design in the landmark period from the 1940s to the 1960s. The work ranges from rough, >>more MFA PublicationsISBN 9780878466900US $27.50 CAN $32.50 TRADEHardcover, 10.5 x 8 in. / 88 pgs / 50 color.Pub Date: 02/01/2006 | Awaiting stock

Hans J. Wegner: Just One Good Chair Text by Christian Holmsted Olesen. The name of Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is inseparable from his unrivalled chairs, which have helped Danish design achieve international recognition. Any fan of design has his or her favorite among Wegner's approximately 500 creations, >>more Hatje CantzISBN 9783775738095US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADEHbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 256 pgs / 300 color.Pub Date: 09/30/2014 | In stock

How They Work Text by Inga Powilleit, Tatjana Quax. Dutch designers are currently creating a stir on the international scene. What is the secret of their success? In How They Work, photographer Inga Powilleit and stylist Tatjana Quax examine the working methods of 17 >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789064506628US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEHbk, 6.5 x 11.75 in. / 224 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | Awaiting stock

Japanese Design Text by Penny Sparke, Paola Antonelli. The Museum of Modern Art and 5 Continents Editions recently launched this series of books dedicated to industrial and graphic design. Each volume offers an overview of a single country's design achievements and illustrates its >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870707391US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEFlexi, 8.25 x 8.25 in. / 160 pgs / 105 color / 10 b&w.Pub Date: 07/31/2009 | In stock

Jeff Zimmerman Text by John Drury. Interview by Sean Kelly. This first monograph on the work of American master glassmaker Jeff Zimmerman examines both his sculptures and functional pieces and provides an overview of his breadth of technique and creative vision. Drawing inspiration from natural >>more DamianiISBN 9788862083584US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADEHbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 04/30/2014 | In stock

Jewels of Ancient Nubia Text by Yvonne J. Markowitz, Denise M. Doxey. Located at the intersection of trade routes from central Africa, the ancient Near East and the Classical world, ancient Nubia ruled the entire Nile Valley at the height of its power in the eighth century >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, BostonISBN 9780878468072US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADEHbk, 8 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 150 color.Pub Date: 11/30/2014 | In stock

Made in Slums Photographs by Francesco Giusti, Filippo Romano. Made in Slums, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name curated by Fulvio Irace, focuses on one of the largest slums in the world. This book is the product of a development cooperation project >>more Corraini EdizioniISBN 9788875704162US $32.00 CAN $40.00 TRADEPbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 104 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 03/31/2014 | In stock

Making Africa Edited by Mateo Kries, Amelie Klein. Over the past decade, Africa has experienced a tremendous political, economic and technological transformation. Spearheading this shift is a new generation of entrepreneurs and doers who have opened up a fresh view of this vast >>more Vitra Design MuseumISBN 9783931936525US $110.00 CAN $130.00 TRADEFlexi, 9.5 x 13 in. / 345 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 06/23/2015 | In stock

Maria Pergay: Between Ideas and Design Edited by Paul B. Franklin. Essay by Suzanne Demisch. Interview by Patrick Favardin. At a recent auction, after two of Maria Pergay's 1970s steel chairs sold for seven times their high estimate, an observer told The New York Times that was "the most exciting bidding of the sale, >>more Demisch DanantISBN 9780977329700US $85.00 CAN $100.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.75 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 150 color / 50 b&w.Pub Date: 06/01/2006 | In stock

The definitive illustrated monograph on 20th-century Swiss artist, designer, and architect Max Bill, whose work spanned from graphic design and advertising typography to product and furniture design and from painting to sculpture.

My Toy Airplanes Edited by Patrick Despature. Foreword by Lucien Baggieri, Paul Lang. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic, turning him and his plane--the Spirit of St. Louis--into instant international celebrities and launching the aviation industry. That same year the >>more Hatje CantzISBN 9783775730167US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADEClth, 11.75 x 11.75 in. / 392 pgs / 800 color / DVD (PAL only).Pub Date: 10/31/2012 | In stock

New India Designscape Edited by Simona Romano. Foreword by Silvana Annicchiarico. New India Designscape offers an original selection of noteworthy works by the most talented designers at work today in India. These works are characterized by a singular mix of practical inventiveness and the imaginative repurposing >>more Corraini EdizioniISBN 9788875703851US $32.00 CAN $40.00 TRADEPbk, 6 x 7.75 in. / 104 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 03/31/2014 | In stock

Out of the Ordinary: Polish Designers of the 20th Century Edited by Czeslawa Frejlich. Text by David Crowley. Translated by Søren Gauger. Out of the Ordinary is the first substantial overview of Polish design. It examines the work of 36 key figures, from Stanislaw Wyspianski, the early modernist furniture and interior designer, to Wojciech Wybieralski, one of >>more Adam Mickiewicz InstituteISBN 9788360263273US $65.00 CAN $75.00 TRADEHbk, 8 x 11 in. / 390 pgs / 350 color.Pub Date: 10/31/2012 | Awaiting stock

Pastoe: 100 Years of Design Innovation Edited by Anne van der Zwaag. Text by Gert Staal. This volume marks 100 years of the Utrecht furniture manufacturer Pastoe, whose brand has long been a byword for timeless furniture of superior craftsmanship. Known both in the Netherlands and worldwide for its skilled design >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789462080683US $55.00 CAN $65.00 TRADEHbk, 8.5 x 11.75 in. / 224 pgs / 450 color.Pub Date: 09/30/2013 | Not Available

Represent: Royal Tichelaar Makkum Edited by Marietta de Vries. Represent Royal Tichelaar Makkum describes the last 15 years of the long history of this Frisian earthenware factory and the Netherlands’ oldest company. Under the impassioned leadership of director Jan Tichelaar, Royal Tichelaar Makkum is >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789064507083US $55.00 CAN $65.00 TRADEHbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 320 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 04/30/2013 | In stock

Richard Neutra: Furniture Preface by Thomas Müller. Text by Barbara Lamprecht. Best known for his light-flooded houses, Austrian-American architect Richard J. Neutra (1892-1970) shaped the scene of California Modernism. From there he rose to become one of the most influential names in the history of modern >>more WasmuthISBN 9783803032171US $29.95 CAN $35.00 FLAT40Pbk, 8.25 x 11.25 in. / 92 pgs / 30 color / 35 b&w.Pub Date: 08/25/2015 | In stock

Rietveld's Chair Text by Marijke Kuper. The first edition of Rietveld’s Chair quickly sold out after it was published in 2011. The book is now available again as the inaugural volume in the Premsela Design Stories series, which focuses on iconic >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789462080188US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 192 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 02/28/2013 | In stock

Ron Arad Edited by Paola Antonelli. Text by Paola Antonelli, Judith Benhamou-Huet, Jonathan Safran Foer, Marie-Laure Jousset, Ingeborg de Roode. Even among the most influential designers of our time, Ron Arad stands out for the versatile nature of his work and his daredevil use of materials and technology. Idiosyncratic, surprising and always visually arresting, Arad's >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870707599US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADEHbk, 8 x 10 in. / 216 pgs / 300 color.Pub Date: 09/30/2009 | In stock

Ron Arad Artwork by Ron Arad. An engaging volume on this Israeli-born and London-based designer who has been climbing up the design ladder since the early 1980s. Coming from a sculptural tradition, his work--with its questioning of both aesthetics and novel >>more Dis VoirISBN 9782906571594US $27.50 CAN $32.50 TRADEPaperback, 6.5 x 8.5 in. / 128 pgs / 16 color.Pub Date: 08/02/1997 | In stock

Safe: Design Takes on Risk Edited and with Introduction by Paola Antonelli. Essays by Phil Patton, Marie O'Mahony and Cameron Sinclair. Safety is an instinctive need that has guided human choices throughout history. Now more than ever, it has become not only a focus, but almost an obsession. Designers are trained to mediate between disruptive change >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870705809US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEClth, 12 x 10 in. / 96 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 10/15/2005 | In stock

Schliephacke & Ssymmank: Avantgarde in Their Day Edited by Martin Wallroth. Essay by Nora Sobich. In the late 1950s, the mass-manufactured lamps "Schliephacke" and "Ssymmank" became understated icons of the Berlin intellectual scene. Today they are renowned as classics of their day, and illustrative of its conflicts. With a crown >>more JovisISBN 9783936314656US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPaperback, 6 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 30 color.Pub Date: 08/15/2006 | In stock

Source Material A Project by Jasper Morrison, Jonathan Olivares, Marco Velardi Source Material presents objects and keepsakes that have had a pivotal effect on the work of around 60 creative minds from the fields of architecture, art, cuisine, design, fashion, film and music. Found within the >>more Vitra Design MuseumISBN 9783931936976US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 144 pgs / 62 color.Pub Date: 01/27/2015 | In stock

Spagat! Preface by Roland Nachtigäller. Text by Max Borka. Today Istanbul is one of Europe's largest cities, and its design scene is booming, though it remains little known outside of Turkey. Spagat! offers an overview of this world with texts, images and interviews from >>more KerberISBN 9783866784932US $44.95 CAN $55.00 TRADEHbk, 6.5 x 8.75 in. / 320 pgs / 220 color / 7 b&w.Pub Date: 09/30/2011 | In stock

The Classroom Text by Thomas Müller, Romana Schneider. Taking as its epigraph the architect Hans Scharoun's aphorism that "young people want to be inspired, not taught," The Classroom shows how furniture designers from the late nineteenth century to the present have strived to >>more WasmuthISBN 9783803033482US $65.00 CAN $75.00 FLAT40Pbk, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 304 pgs / 400 color / 400 b&w.Pub Date: 04/30/2011 | In stock

The Dutch Bike Text by Zahid Sardar. The Dutch bike is as quintessentially Dutch as tulips and windmills. This book traces the history of this popular workhorse, from turn-of-the-century Amsterdam to the fashion pages of American magazines. Accessible to all, the Dutch >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789462080201US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 160 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | In stock

The Furniture Collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Edited by Jan van Adrichem, Michiel Nijhoff, Ingeborg de Roode and Pietje Tegenbosch. Essays by Ingeborg de Roode, Luca Dosi Delfini, Jan van Adrichem, Philip van Dalen, Monique Splinter, and Marijke van de Weerdt. The Stedelijk Museum opened its doors in 1895, the same year as the first Venice Biennale. It was a “quiet, civilized museum for the Amsterdam bourgeoisie in a time when there was nothing as troublesome >>more nai010 publishers/Stedelijk Museum, AmsterdamISBN 9789056621940US $110.00 CAN $130.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 456 pgs / 102 color / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 08/02/2004 | In stock

The Furniture of Charles & Ray Eames Text by Mathias Remmele. The oeuvre of the American designer couple Charles and Ray Eames is extraordinary in its range and diversity. Their groundbreaking furniture designs, which have remained current throughout the decades since their creation, play a central >>more Vitra Design MuseumISBN 9783931936747US $65.00 CAN $75.00 FLAT40Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 160 pgs / 210 color / 90 b&w.Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | Awaiting stock

The Furniture of Poul Kjærholm: Catalogue Raisonné Foreword by Hanne Kjærholm. Text by Michael Sheridan. The Furniture of Poul Kjærholm: Catalogue Raisonné is the comprehensive and definitive reference work on one of the most important and profound designers of the twentieth century. Poul Kjærholm (Denmark, 1929-80) was a furniture architect >>more Gregory R. Miller & Co.ISBN 9780974364889US $90.00 CAN $110.00 TRADEHardback, 8.75 x 8.75 in. / 224 pgs / 230 b&w.Pub Date: 02/01/2008 | In stock

The Haas Brothers Text by Laura Dern, Simon and Nikolai Haas. In a meteoric rise to fame, the Los Angeles-based Haas Brothers have garnered international accolades for their set design and props for print and video, one-of-a-kind fashion works and their highly original furniture and object >>more DamianiISBN 9788862083737US $50.00 CAN $60.00 TRADEPbk, 8.75 x 11.5 in. / 176 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 10/31/2014 | In stock

The Haas Brothers: Volume 2, Afreaks This second book in a series by the designers the Haas Brothers focuses on a new body of work comprised of fantastical hand-beaded and bronze animal sculptures which they call Afreaks. The Afreaks were produced >>more DamianiISBN 9788862084345US $50.00 CAN $60.00 FLAT40Pbk, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 160 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 11/24/2015 | In stock

The History of Modern Furniture Design Text by Daniela Karasová. This abundantly illustrated monograph tells the story of modern furniture in Czechoslovakia and the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, from the first half of the nineteenth century (the Biedermeier period) to the late twentieth century. The book offers >>more Arbor Vitae/Museum of Decorative Arts in PragueISBN 9788074670206US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADEFlexi, 8.5 x 9.75 in. / 320 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 09/30/2013 | Awaiting stock

The Puppet and the Modern Text by Marie Jirásková, Pavel Jirásek. Czechoslovakia’s unique culture of puppet theater reached a glorious apex between about 1900 and 1950, and its visual style was integral to the development of modernist and contemporary theater and animation. The Puppet and the >>more Arbor vitaeISBN 9788074670565US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADEHbk, 8.5 x 13 in. / 456 pgs / 750 color.Pub Date: 10/31/2014 | In stock

The Style of the Stedelijk Text by Frederike Huygen. The recent reopening of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, saw the inauguration of a spectacular new edifice as well as a new style of museum. The Style of the Stedelijk is a fascinating account of the >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789462080195US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 160 pgs / illustrated throughout / DVD (PAL only).Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | In stock

The Uncommon Life Of Common Objects By Akiko Busch. Edited by Diana Murphy. Foreword by Susan S. Szenasy. Original illustrations by George Skelcher. What makes us love our things? Why do we attach certain sentiments to certain items? How is it that sometimes objects can tell stories more eloquently than people? These are questions explored and answered in >>more Metropolis BooksISBN 9781933045061US $27.50 CAN $32.50 TRADEHardcover, 5.25 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 12 color.Pub Date: 07/15/2005 | Awaiting stock

Tom Dixon: Dixonary Edited by Camilla Belton, Robert Violette. Text by Tom Dixon. Dixonary is a comprehensive book on one of Britain’s best-known and most highly regarded product designers. In his own words, and with hundreds of comparative illustrations interleaved with text, this self-taught designer illuminates the often >>more Violette EditionsISBN 9781900828420US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADEHbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 632 pgs / 312 color.Pub Date: 09/30/2013 | In stock

Ultrabody Edited by Beppe Finessi. Ultrabody offers a new and intriguing take on the body through a cross-disciplinary series of products traversing art, architecture, design and fashion. Investigating the relationship between body and space and the infinite ways of relating >>more Corraini EdizioniISBN 9788875703523US $45.00 CAN $55.00 FLAT40Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 256 pgs / illustrated throughout.Pub Date: 03/31/2013 | In stock

Bauhaus: An Illustrated History This beautiful monograph serves not only as a catalogue to the collection of the foundation Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, which houses nearly 20,000 exhibits, but as a lavishly illustrated document of the Bauhaus movement. >>more Hatje Cantz PublishersISBN 9783775706155US $34.95 CAN $40.00 TRADEHardcoverPub Date: 02/02/1997 | Out of print

Baumann & Baumann Edited by Baumann & Baumann. During the past 20 years, the agency of Baumann & Baumann has developed its own visual language independent of ephemeral trends in art and design. Their work has achieved a unique fusion of form and >>more Hatje Cantz PublishersISBN 9783775709422US $95.00 CAN $115.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 240 pgs / 200 color / 100 b&w.Pub Date: 11/02/2002 | Out of print

Cantilever Tables Artwork by Peter Smithson. Photographs by Karl Unglaub. The beginnings of modern architecture in the twentieth century were embodied by the cantilevered armchair, a chair that offered a new, more comfortable way of sitting. The cantilevered table came next, and it is equally >>more Walther König, KölnISBN 9783883756929US $25.00 CAN $30.00 SDNR30Hardcover, 8.25 x 8.25 in. / 72 pgs / 72 color.Pub Date: 08/02/2003 | Out of print

Custom Built Edited by Silvana Annicchiarico and Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis. What is it that makes Italian design so attractive? Maybe the answer is to be found in Custom Built, a critically reflective look at unique and handcrafted objects by succeeding generations of Italian designers. Beginning >>more ChartaISBN 9788881584338US $13.95 CAN $15.00 TRADEPaperback, 6 x 6 in. / 112 pgs / 49 color 39 b&w.Pub Date: 08/02/2003 | Out of print

Every Room Tells A Story Edited by Joseph Holtzman. Introduction by Matthew Stadler. Text by Carl Skoggard. Every Room Tells a Story offers the most interesting and provocative interiors published to date in the first 12 issues of the widely acclaimed interiors and design magazine, nest. Called, among other things, "Homes and >>more D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.ISBN 9781891024283US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.75 x 12 in. / 208 pgs / 150 color / 50 b&wPub Date: 09/02/2001 | Out of print

Formless Furniture Edited by Peter Noever. Text by Dietmar Rübel, Sebastian Hackenschmidt. In the mid-1960s, artists like Robert Morris, Joseph Beuys, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Lynda Benglis began to experiment with formlessness in their materials. The maxim Form follows material, however, was not only proclaimed in the era's >>more Hatje CantzISBN 9783775722476US $40.00 CAN $50.00 SDNR30Pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 136 pgs / 130 color / 20 b&w.Pub Date: 02/01/2009 | Out of print

Forms With A Smile Edited and text by by Moniek M. Bucquoye, Dieter Van Den Storm. Featuring work by such off-beat stars as Marcel Wanders, Droog Design, Moooi and Bless for firms like Moss, Mixko, Ligne Roset and Vitra, among many others, Forms With a Smile collects the very best in >>more Stichting KunstboekISBN 9789058562357US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADEHbk, 9 x 9 in. / 156 pgs / 250 color.Pub Date: 11/01/2008 | Out of print

Forms With Fantasy Edited and text by by Moniek M. Bucquoye, Dieter Van Den Storm. Now that late-twentieth-century Minimalist design has opened up to more vibrant and flamboyantly hybrid sensibilities, the world is awash in provocative utilitarian objects that trend-spotters and critics have embraced with both relief and pleasure--coining genre >>more Stichting KunstboekISBN 9789058562302US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADEHbk, 9 x 9 in. / 156 pgs / 250 color.Pub Date: 11/01/2008 | Out of print

George Nakashima And The Modernist Moment Essays by Steven Beyer, Matilda McQuaid. Foreword by Bruce Katsiff. With his spiritually-inclined philosophy and his decision to establish his career in rural Pennsylvania, Japanese-American furniture designer George Nakashima has always existed within a mythology of craftsmanship that celebrates regionalism and the handmade. Yet, as >>more James A. Michener Art MuseumISBN 9781879636149US $19.95 CAN $25.00 TRADEPaperback, 6 x 9.25 in. / 80 pgs / 40 color / 14 b&wPub Date: 02/02/2002 | Out of print

German Design for Modern Living Edited by Bernd Polster. German Design for Modern Living provides the first broad overview of Germany's ever-evolving tradition of design excellence, from the nineteenth century to the present, in more than 150 detailed product portraits of furniture, lamps, wallpapers, >>more DuMont BuchverlagISBN 9783832177768US $44.95 CAN $55.00 TRADEPbk, 8 x 9 in. / 572 pgs / 1000 color.Pub Date: 02/28/2010 | Out of print

Jean Royere Edited by Catherine de Beyrie, Stephane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss. Essays by DD Allen, Michael Boyd, Barbara and Richard Lane and Nicholas Powell. For the first time in English, this book makes available the oeuvre of Jean Royere, one of the most important French designers of the mid-20th century, and one whose furniture, lamp, and textile designs and >>more Galerie de Beyrie/Jacques OuaissISBN 9780970361004US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADEPaperback, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 176 pgs / 144 color / 32 b&wPub Date: 06/02/2001 | Out of print

Mies and Modern Living Edited by Helmut Reuter, Birgit Schulte. In 1929 Barcelona was host to the World Arts Fair, an international architecture and design exposition attended by members of the Spanish royalty and many senior European government officials. It was an occasion for cultural >>more Hatje CantzISBN 9783775722216US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADEHardback, 9.75 x 11.25 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color.Pub Date: 02/01/2009 | Out of print

New American Furniture Artwork by Edward Cooke Jr. Several years ago, 26 prominent studio furniture-makers were asked to design works of furniture based on period pieces in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The result is an explosion of form >>more MFA PublicationsISBN 9780878463152US $24.95 CAN $27.50 TRADEPaperback, 8.5 x 11 in. / 132 pgs / 15 b&w.Pub Date: 08/02/2000 | Out of print

Reality Machines Text by Linda Vlassenrood, Aaron Betsky. Provocative, experimental, conceptual, fresh, dry, minimalist, brazen, and even crass: these were just some of the words used to describe the work of young Dutch designers and artists in the 1990s. Their work was such >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789056622909US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADEPaperback, 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 176 pgs / 100 color.Pub Date: 04/02/2003 | Out of print

Richard Hutten: Works in Use Essays by Paola Antonelli, Aaron Betsky and Brigitte Fitoussi. Interviews with Humberto Campana, Konstantin Grcic, Karl Lagerfeld, Karim Rashid, et al. The Dutch designer Richard Hutten is barely 38 and has already made an indelible mark in the international design world. In 2008, if everything goes according to plan, a design academy carrying his name will >>more Stichting KunstboekISBN 9789058561763US $70.00 CAN $85.00 TRADEBoxed, 10.75 x 8.5 in. / 240 pgs / 700 color.Pub Date: 05/01/2006 | Out of print

The Aesthetics of the Surface: Original Resopal Edited by Ingeborg Flagge, Roma Schneider. Since their invention in the early twentieth century, plastic laminates have left their mark in international design. Like Formica in the U.S., the brand name Resopal is practically synonymous with the entire field of laminates >>more JovisISBN 9783939633044US $50.00 CAN $60.00 TRADEPaperback, 9.25 x 12 in. / 200 pgs / 220 color.Pub Date: 04/01/2007 | Out of print

The Maker's Hand Essays by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. and Gerald W.R. Ward. To connoisseurs of modern furniture, names such as Wendell Castle, Wharton Esherick, Sam Maloof and George Nakashima are signposts to a revolution in the decorative arts that remains one of the most vital of our >>more MFA PublicationsISBN 9780878466627US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 208 pgs / 100 color.Pub Date: 10/02/2003 | Out of print

The Modern Japanese Tea Room By Michael Freeman. The Modern Japanese Tea Room showcases chashitsus, traditional Japanese tea ceremony salons, as reconceived by contemporary architects and designers. The formal tea ceremony developed in the fifteenth century, and its ritual is closely defined, as >>more DamianiISBN 9788889431870US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADEHardcover, 9.5 x 9 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color.Pub Date: 09/01/2007 | Out of print

The Origins Of Things Edited by Thimo te Duits. In an effort to find the origin of all designed things, this exhibition and publication conduct an international survey of the history of design from William Morris's wallpaper to Rem Koolhaas's Prada store. Through examples >>more nai010 publishersISBN 9789056623180US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADEHardcover, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 135 color / 135 b&wPub Date: 07/02/2003 | Out of print

The World In A Room Edited by Silvana Annicchiarico. Text by Pippo Ciorra. Sofas with the names of cities. Chairs with the names of countries. Lamps with the names of islands. Tables that recall architectural styles. Household appliances that allude to morphological land elements. The Italian design objects >>more ChartaISBN 9788881584161US $12.00 CAN $15.00 TRADEPaperback, 6 x 6 in. / 108 pgs / 55 color / 31 b&w.Pub Date: 04/02/2003 | Out of print

Vidal Sassoon And The Bauhaus An illustrated discussion on the influence of the Bauhaus on Vidal Sassoon's conception of mass-market hair salons and hair styles. >>more Hatje Cantz PublishersISBN 9783893226252US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADEPaperbackPub Date: 03/02/1994 | Out of print

Wilhelm Wagenfeld Edited by Beate Manske. Essay by Klaus Struve. Wilhelm Wagenfeld was undeniably one of the pioneers of German industrial design. Like no other representative of his craft, he devoted his skill and gift for invention to radically improving industrial mass production and to >>more Hatje Cantz PublishersISBN 9783775708869US $55.00 CAN $65.00 TRADEHardcover, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 208 pgs / 24 color / 232 b&w.Pub Date: 07/02/2000 | Out of print

Workspheres Edited by Paola Antonelli, Terence Riley. Contributions by Sarah Robins, Michael Brill, Francis Duffy, Bruce Mau. Text by Jim-hee Chang, Christopher Budd, Hui-Chi Chou, Rachaporn Chouchouey, Larry Keeley, Aura Oslapas, Kayoko Ota, John Thackara, Glenn Lowry. In the past, work has shaped the way we live. In the near future, the way we live may shape the way we work. Workspheres creatively confronts the design demands of the ever-evolving contemporary work >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN 9780870700132US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADEPaperback, 9.25 x 10.5 in. / 224 pgs / 262 color / 21 b&w.Pub Date: 07/02/2002 | Out of print